windows contacts and outlook contacts

[Julie M]

Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After lots of
editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts are now just the
way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows contacts folder is not
synched with it -- there are duplicate records and the creation dates are old.

How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct and up
to date from my Outlook contacts?

 

[Gordon]

Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After lots
of
editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts are now just
the
way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows contacts folder is not
synched with it -- there are duplicate records and the creation dates are
old.

How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct and
up
to date from my Outlook contacts?

Why would you bother, seeing as you have Outlook?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Your operating system's address book has nothing to do with Outlook and
never has.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Recently, my system crashed and I had to restore everything. After
lots of editing and removing of duplicates, my Outlook 2007 contacts
are now just the way I want them. However, I notice that my Windows
contacts folder is not synched with it -- there are duplicate records
and the creation dates are old.

How do I get my Windows contacts folder to synch with what is correct
and up to date from my Outlook contacts?

Outlook has never synchronized with the Windows Contacts.

 

[Julie M]

Thanks to all of you who responded so quickly.

So all 3 comments make it sound like the Windows Contacts isn't something I
really need. Can anyone explain why it exists and what purpose it serves?
Because it sounds like I could do fine just deleting the whole thing. -J

 

[Gordon]

Thanks to all of you who responded so quickly.

So all 3 comments make it sound like the Windows Contacts isn't something
I
really need. Can anyone explain why it exists and what purpose it serves?
Because it sounds like I could do fine just deleting the whole thing. -J

It's there for people who don't use a PIM - just like Windows Addressbook
was there in Windows XP. You can't "delete" it AFAIK, you just have to
ignore it.

 

[Brian Tillman]

So all 3 comments make it sound like the Windows Contacts isn't
something I really need. Can anyone explain why it exists and what
purpose it serves? Because it sounds like I could do fine just
deleting the whole thing. -J

You can't delete the Windows Contacts. It's part of Vista. It exists for
use by Windows Mail, the mail/news client that is part of Vista. It's
available for those people who do not need a Personal Information Manager
like Outlook. If you don't need the integration Outlook provides, Windows
Mail should be sufficient.